C-FOS INDUCTION BY ESTROGEN IN SPECIFIC RAT-BRAIN AREAS

被引:61
作者
CATTANEO, E [1 ]
MAGGI, A [1 ]
机构
[1] INST PHARMACOL SCI,MILANO MOLEC PHARMACOL LAB,I-20131 MILAN,ITALY
来源
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY-MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY SECTION | 1990年 / 188卷 / 2-3期
关键词
ESTROGEN-INDUCIBLE GENES; C-FOS GENE; CNS; STEROID HORMONES;
D O I
10.1016/0922-4106(90)90050-8
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The present study was undertaken to determine whether estrogen modulates the expression of the c-fos gene in the CNS of rats. The analysis of the levels of c-fos mRNA was performed by slot blot assay. Administration of estradiol to ovariectomized rats determined a rapid and transient increase in the levels of c-fos mRNA in rat mid-brain and hippocampus, but not in the cerebellum (a brain area which does not express estrogen receptors). Such a change in the levels of c-fos mRNA was not observed after administration of alpha-estradiol or other steroid hormones. The presence of an estrogen responsive element-like sequence, revealed in the 5' flanking region of the murine c-fos gene, strengthens the hypothesis that c-fos gene transcription is directly enhanced by the interaction of the estrogen receptor complex with the promoter region of the proto-oncogene.
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页码:153 / 159
页数:7
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